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iPod bleg

I am soliciting song suggestions to put on my iPod; all genres are welcome. There is no need to suggest famous songs, such as the classics of classic rock. Most pieces of classical music are too long for how I use the medium. Comments, of course, are open.

Posted by Tyler Cowen on October 18, 2005 at 07:29 PM in Music | Permalink

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Comments

If I understand this right, is this an excuse for every reader to list his or her favorite songs?

Posted by: Paul N at Oct 18, 2005 8:11:44 PM

Isreal kamamawiwo'ole - Somewhere over the rainbow

It puts me in a very peaceful state of mind.

Posted by: eric at Oct 18, 2005 8:11:50 PM

You should check out the Drive-By Truckers. The New Yorker and Wall St. Journal have positively reviewed them in the past. Their best album is called Southern Rock Opera, a double album about the south and Lynyrd Skynyrd. I also highly recommend their live work, which is legally available on bit torrent sites.

Posted by: Jonathan Hall at Oct 18, 2005 8:32:21 PM

Nancarrow's Piano Studies.

Posted by: SR at Oct 18, 2005 8:35:48 PM

1. Keep it loose, keep it tight - Amos Lee

2. Hands of Time - Groove Armada

3. If I Laugh - Cat Stevens

4. Dr. Zhivago's Train - Nicolai Dunger

5. Buttercup - Brad

6. Plowed - Sponge

All are smooth like silk, except for the last one. Plowed is great for getting pumped up.

Posted by: Andy at Oct 18, 2005 8:57:46 PM

Anything by Powderfinger, especially 'Odyssey Number 5'.

The closest American comparison I could give is they're similar to Dave Matthews Band, but better of course :-)

Posted by: Fabian at Oct 18, 2005 9:22:56 PM

Everyone I tell about the Kings of Convenience seems to really enjoy their music. I especially recommend the latest album--Riot on an Empty Street.

Posted by: Alex at Oct 18, 2005 9:25:38 PM

Sigur Ros They are an Icelandic Band that sounds like Iceland, with almost a classical sound. get their new album and if you don't like it I will gladly buy it off of you

Posted by: Jason at Oct 18, 2005 9:28:40 PM

Rockfour. An Israeli band that sings in English and has a bit of a Beatles sound to them.

Posted by: Jason at Oct 18, 2005 9:32:09 PM

I recommend the mp3 of "monopsony in motion" by John DiNardo (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jdinardo/MnM.mp3). whether one agrees with Card/Krueger/Manning or not, it's a pretty darn funny.

Lyrics can be found on DiNardo's website (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jdinardo/index2.html), where there are also some other entertaining economics-themed songs.

Alternatively, I'll second the Sigur Ros recommendation. They sometimes sound like dying whales, but in a relaxing way.

Posted by: noto at Oct 18, 2005 9:33:35 PM

Sufjan Stevens - "Come On! Feel The Illinoise!"
Sigur Ros - "Gong"
Broken Social Scene - "7/4 (Shoreline)"
Brian Eno - "An Ending (Ascent)"
Four Tet - "Hands"
Manitoba - "Kid You'll Move Mountains"
Tom Waits - "Big In Japan"

There, that's enough variety that I'm sure there'll be something you like. :)

Posted by: Matt McIntosh at Oct 18, 2005 9:39:30 PM

I choose stuff that is in my top 50 played on my iTunes, available on the iTunes store, and I think that you probably have never heard the song before.

The top picks come first.

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

The Professor Burns Vegas - Cinemechanica

I Am Your Idea - We Versus the Shark

Mrs. Juliette Low - Phosphorescent

Everything Disappears When You Come Around - Of Montreal

Blackout Curtain - Now It's Overhead

Summer Hymns - Pete Rose Affinity

The Mechaniks Of It - Heros Severum

---------------

Two bands that I could not find on the store that I recommend are Hope For A Golden Summer and Maserati.

Posted by: goodness_of_fit at Oct 18, 2005 9:42:44 PM

Try out Nervous Cabaret. There are some MP3s on their site - http://www.nervouscabaret.com/

Posted by: Jamie at Oct 18, 2005 9:47:42 PM

I could never pick just a few songs, and I hesitate to post my top 200 or top 500 list.

However, I do think the following site is really interesting (it compiles songs' popularity based on number of times they were included in mix CDs):

http://mfooz.com/aotm2004stats/renditions.html
http://mfooz.com/aotm2003stats/renditions.html

For the most part, all the top songs are really good (an effect sort of like The Wisdom of Crowds I guess).

Posted by: Paul N at Oct 18, 2005 9:58:30 PM

It's funny how, using these comments you could, very unrealiably I'm sure, estimate what the demographic for MR is. I'd say, with Sufjan, Neutral Milk Hotel, Four Tet, Kings of Convenience, MR readers are 20-something hipsters. I'm surprised.

I'd suggest Shostakovich's Jazz Suites, they're short, not very classical and are beautiful in the way that few Russian things are.
Here's the itunes store link - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=36787806&s=143441

This is really out there, but perhaps not as much as Four Tet or Neutral Milk Hotel; and really is much better music; Richard D. James. I would recommend his Analord series, but those are only available on vinyl. Instead, a good, though some what round about way, to introduce yourself to his music is through it's performance by Alarm Will Sound (Reich/Eno/Glass type of outfit)
here's the itunes store link - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?s=143441&playlistId=65668080

Perhaps that will inspire you to listen to more.

Posted by: Chevalier at Oct 18, 2005 10:00:42 PM

MC Solaar - French rap/acid jazz artist - friends who usually don't listen to either genre nor know French love him. Friends that listen to rap or acid jazz (but, like myself, don't speak French) worship him. And my 3 francophone friends who I've listened to MC Solaar with seem to salivate over the depth of lyrics.

La Ley - a nice-sounding Chilean rock group - should be a nice Spanish lesson at the same time.

Posted by: Sean at Oct 18, 2005 10:00:50 PM

As Chevalier pointed out about demographic stuff, I will suggest some Brazilian songs (many genre, but no bossa nova):

* Los Hermanos - (vey good band, a few suggestions: Tá bom; Um par; Fez-se mar)
* Timbalada - I miss her
* Skank - Vou deixar
* Beth Carvalho - Volta por cima
* Toquinho - Aquarela
* Banda Eva (or Ivete Sangalo) - Eva
* Roupa Nova - Dona
* Roberto Carlos - Além do Horizonte

More songs on demand! Just e-mail me with saying which ones above did you like.

Posted by: Daniel at Oct 18, 2005 10:36:36 PM

If you like jazz / fusion bass, I would suggest just about any song from Stanley Clarke's album School Days.

Posted by: Robert Prather at Oct 18, 2005 10:41:49 PM

Anything and everything by Johann Sebastian Bach. But especially check out Glenn Gould's 1959 rendition of the Goldberg Variations (assuming you haven't already) and be sure to get the Empire Brass Ensemble's "A Bach Festival"--which includes a glorious rendition of Cantata 146.

Posted by: Pejman Yousefzadeh at Oct 18, 2005 10:56:36 PM

I saw the anti-bleg against classical music too late. Apologies. Of course, Bach's music is baroque and not classical so perhaps I can still sneak it in under the radar . . .

Posted by: Pejman Yousefzadeh at Oct 18, 2005 11:00:04 PM

"Shout'n on the Hills of Glory" - Ralph Stanley and Friends, I swear it puts me in the spirit.

"Where does the Time Go" - Nina Simone, there's some talking at the beginning, but the song at the end is worth it, haunting.

Posted by: ElamBend at Oct 18, 2005 11:03:18 PM

I've enjoyed Jan Johansson's Folkvisor* and Den korta fristen**. Not that I know what the song titles are by any stretch of the imagination…

* http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johansson1
** http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johansson2

Posted by: Nathan Sharfi at Oct 18, 2005 11:06:16 PM

Hey.. some of us are 30-something hipsters!
My two cents--
The Coral- The Invisible Invasion
The Editors- The Back Room
Explosions in the Sky- any album
Great Lake Swimmers- Bodies and Minds
John Vanderslice- Pixel Revolt
Lake Trout- Not Them, You
Minotaur Shock- Maritime

And, I second the mentions of Drive By Truckers, Sigur Ros, Neutral Milk Hotel and Four Tet

Posted by: Justin at Oct 18, 2005 11:08:39 PM

La Carcel de Cananea - Chavela Vargas
Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
I'm Hip - Blossom Dearie

Posted by: Joshua Macy at Oct 18, 2005 11:11:24 PM

"Life in Mono" by Mono, album "Formica Blues"

"Distantly in Love" by Jimmy Buffett, album "One Particular Harbor"

"Return of the Grievous Angel" by Gram Parson (and redone wonderfully by Emmylou Harris on "Last Date")

"The Kind of Love You Never Get Over" by Christine Lavin, album "Attainable Love"

"Take Whatever I Can Get" by Sara Hickman, album "Two Kinds of Laughter"

"Die Moldau" by Bedrich Smetana, from tone poem "Ma Vlast"

Posted by: t.a. at Oct 18, 2005 11:13:16 PM

And, I second the mentions of Drive By Truckers, Sigur Ros, Neutral Milk Hotel and Four Tet

Posted by: Justin at Oct 18, 2005 11:22:05 PM

Well, how _do_ you use the medium? I've been teaching at the Prince William campus on Tuesday nights this semester. It's an hour drive from Alexandria and I find that La Cieca's opera podcasts fill the drive time very nicely.

Posted by: jim at Oct 18, 2005 11:29:56 PM

These days, Al Green plays a very large part in keeping me sane. Particular favourite tracks are "Sha-La-La", "L-O-V-E", and -- possibly one of the best songs in any genre ever written -- "Let's Stay Together." There you go, three not-very-long ones.

Posted by: Michelle at Oct 18, 2005 11:35:25 PM

To add to Sean's recommendation, MC Solaar and Guru do a song together on Guru's Jazzmatazz vol. 1, I believe. If you like jazz and want to venture into hip hop and soul, any of Guru's Jazzmatazz albums are worth a listen. And, Guru is a member of the legendary Gangstarr, if you want straight hip hop.

I'll also throw out anything by the Greyboy Allstars, James Brown, and Antibalas (highly recommended), off the top of my head.

Posted by: josh at Oct 18, 2005 11:40:31 PM

Classical

Concerto, 2 violins, D Minor BWV 1043 pt 3; The Academy of Ancient Music; The Grand Tour
Concerto Grosso 12 in D Minor, "Follia" pt 1; The Academy of Ancient Music; The Grand Tour
Indigo; Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean Luc Ponty; The Rite Of Strings

Jazz

Dante's Paradise; Alison Brown Quartet; Out Of The Blue
Michelle; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo
Question And Answer; Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny & Roy Haynes; Like Minds
Windows; Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny & Roy Haynes; Like Minds
The Awakening; Pat Metheny; Imaginary Day
The Heat of the Day; Pat Metheny; Imaginary Day
The Devil Went Down To Berkeley; Alison Brown; Fair Weather
Seresta; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; UFO Tofu
Costa Brava; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; Little Worlds (2)
Sleeper; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; Live from Bonnaroo 2003

Electronica

Brace Yourself (Reprise); u-Ziq; Brace Yourself
Hasty Boom Alert; u-Ziq; Mike Paradinas; Lunatic Harness
Autumn Acid; u-Ziq; Royal Astronomy

Bluegrass

Spanish Point; Bela Fleck; The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet Vol ume II
Kissimmee Kid; Kruger Brothers with Michael Cleveland; Carolina Scrapbook (Disc 1)
Band Saw Excerpts; Kruger Brothers with Moondi Klein; Carolina Scrapbook (Scraps)

Pop

Madeline; Bob Schneider; Lonelyland
The Wrong Direction; Ugly Americans; Boom Boom Baby

Fusion

Saving Grace; Frank Gambale, Stuart Hamm, and Steve Smith; GHS3
Acoustic Brew; Victor Wooten And Steve Bailey; Bass Extremes Cookbook

Posted by: bhauth at Oct 18, 2005 11:51:50 PM

If you want, I can send them to you.

Posted by: bhauth at Oct 18, 2005 11:53:09 PM

I would highly suggest this one song:

Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Trust me, it's all you need.

Posted by: Ryan Breen at Oct 19, 2005 12:18:52 AM

Mexican folk songs sung by Linda Ronstadt. Check out her album "Canciones de Mi Padre"

Posted by: Y.L. at Oct 19, 2005 12:21:13 AM

Check out The Dirty Three. They are a 3 piece from Australia in which the guitarist and drummer essentially set the violinist up. Despite the fact that the focus is on the violin, they rock.

"Red"

"I Remember a Time when Once you used to love me"

"Sue's Last ride"

Posted by: Robert Sickel at Oct 19, 2005 12:49:58 AM

Amadou & Mariam is the artist; West African genre-mashing music that could be described as Francophone Afro-Cuban World Rock.

I have been enjoying the whole of their new album, Dimanche à Bamako, but Senegal Fast Food is the infectious highlight single.

Posted by: glynn at Oct 19, 2005 1:30:04 AM

"The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music: 50 Leroy Shields Themes" Really. You will never have more fun with your iPod.

Posted by: Paul_H at Oct 19, 2005 1:40:55 AM

I'm an album kinda guy:

Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro
John Coltrane - Impressions
Massacre - Killing Time
Eno - Here come the Warm Jets
Big Star - Radio City/#1 Record

And I'll second (third? fourth?) Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Antibalas and MC Solaar...

Posted by: kbirchard at Oct 19, 2005 1:47:03 AM

I can't resist answering this one, but I'll limit myself to a few pop-rock tunes from the last year or two. (These are marginally more mainstream than the stuff being offered by the other twentysomething hipsters.)

Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "Lift Us Up"
Billy Corgan, "Walking Shade"
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, "Little Dawn"
Wilco, "Hell Is Chrome"
Interpol, "Evil"

Posted by: Jason Briggeman at Oct 19, 2005 1:53:18 AM

Here are some things I'm listening to right now. I'll even add links to their clips on the iTunes Music Store:

Bright Eyes - Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)
Dire Staits - Brothers In Arms
Death Cab For Cutie - Brothers On A Hotel Bed
The Hold Steady - Cattle And The Creeping Things
Matt Pond PA - Snow Day
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Time To Move On
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
Jon Brion - Knock Yourself Out
Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle

Of course, I'm a damned, dirty hipster, so you'll have to take that into account. Still, I would at least listen to the clips.

...

Hey! It turns out that HTML isn't allowed in the comments. I guess you'll have to find the clips on your own. They're all on the iTMS, so that should make things a little easier.

Posted by: Mike Sheffler at Oct 19, 2005 2:27:23 AM

Diverse bizzaria sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona, performed by the Palladian Ensemble, Album entitled An Excess of Pleasure, Composer Nicola Matteis. A Baroque rock star, complete with alcoholic demise.

Also, I quite like the album Nouvelle Vague (punk classics set to a Bossa Nova beat)

Posted by: D Yu at Oct 19, 2005 2:31:22 AM

Seems unlikely that anyone posting actually knows more about music than Tyler. Whole thing seems pointless.

Posted by: mitch at Oct 19, 2005 3:33:06 AM

Underworld: Born Slippy (famous classic 90s dance/electroncia in Britain - maybe sufficiently unknown in America? Ditto Leftfield)

Björk/Brodsky Quartet: Hyperballad

Joni Mitchell/The Band: Furry Sings The Blues, from the extended Last Waltz (Yeah I know, arguably classic rock. But one of the most amazing things I've heard in years.)

Martin Hayes & Dannis Cahill

Mamou: My Heart She's A Liar

Public Image Ltd: John Lydon's next band after the Sex Pistols. Very different.

Big Audio Dynamite: Mick Jones' next band after The Clash. Very different.

Early Billy Bragg, e.g. A New England

Posted by: Alan Little at Oct 19, 2005 3:53:42 AM

Crooked Fingers ("Dignity and Shame"): Islero

Posted by: SteffenH at Oct 19, 2005 3:55:02 AM

The Fiery Furnaces - The Blueberry Boat, Gallowsbird's Bark

I loved most songs on both the albums.

Posted by: YC at Oct 19, 2005 4:12:50 AM

Less well known (I think) selections from my top-rated songs in iTunes:

Cowboy Mouth - Jenny Says (Rock)
Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier (Country)
Five Iron Frenzy - Get Your Riot Gear (Ska/Swing)
AFI - Silver and Cold (Punk)
Ben Folds - Zak and Sara (Piano Rock?)
Black 47 - Different Drummer (Irish Rock/Funk?)
Don McLean - Vincent (Pop/Ballad)
Eve 6 - Open Road Song (Rock)
Five Iron Frenzy - You Can't Handle This (Geek Ska)
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Tech Indie-Pop)
Flogging Molly - What's Left Of The Flag (Irish Rock/Punk)

Posted by: Stephen Duncan Jr at Oct 19, 2005 5:36:33 AM

I'd suggest absolutely anything and everything by Split Enz; and 'Bizzare Love Triangle' by New Order. For something new, I suggest 'Let Me Die A Woman' by the Phoenix Foundation.

Posted by: Aspidistra at Oct 19, 2005 5:42:22 AM

Get audiobooks. Feed your brain.

Posted by: Jacob at Oct 19, 2005 6:58:27 AM

"Momentum" by Aimee Mann
"Old Number Seven" by The Devil Makes Three
"To Zion" by Lauryn Hill
"Junk Bond Trader" by Elliott Smith
"Introducing Kid Mercury" by Kid Mercury

Posted by: kid mercury at Oct 19, 2005 7:23:23 AM

The next 10 songs on Radio Paradise:

http://www.radioparadise.com/

Posted by: Steve at Oct 19, 2005 8:17:15 AM

John Doyle (w/ Liz Carroll) - "The Old Bush / Expected the Unexpected"
Christina Smith & Jean Hewson - "Six-Handed Reel / Joey Clement's / Cyril Flynn's Good Old Tune / Mrs. Belle's Close-In Tune"
John Carty - "Jim Donoghue's"
Boholoa - "Parnell's March / The Constitution and the Guerriere / Siege of Ennis / Egan's / Cuz's Favorite"
Kurt Elling - "Resolution"
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross - "Four"

Posted by: Sol at Oct 19, 2005 8:22:22 AM

I recomend:

«Himalaya - L'enfance d'un chef» Soundtrack, by Bruno Coulais one of the most interesting soundtrack composers available in France. This album mixes traditional nepalese or tibetan music with some classical western backgrounds.

Also, look at the piano tracks of Yann Tiersen's «Amélie Poulenc» soundtrack.

Very good: Madredeus, the portuguese new age band, who mixes synthetizers with traditional portuguese «fado» music.

I very much enjoy the theme 'Spain', from the british Morcheeba band's album: 'Who can you trust'.

Good post and comments!

Also consider: Perry Blake, the british singer, and Sigur Ros, the icelandic

Posted by: Bruno at Oct 19, 2005 8:30:50 AM

Fun thread.

Ever heard Mr. T Experience or (MTX). One of my favorite bands and one I think a smart fellow such as yourself would appreciate.

Posted by: joshg at Oct 19, 2005 8:37:58 AM

French indie rock stars Manu Chao and Noir Desir make for excellent listening.

Posted by: weev at Oct 19, 2005 8:43:59 AM

For some really excellent Andean music, Los Kjarkas is a great group (the best of album on Amazon has a good selection), and if you're into world rock/local hybrids, Wu Bai and China Blue are great, especially the Lonely Tree, Lonely Bird album in Taiwanese [I couldn't find it on Amazon, but it is available on YesAsia.com]. La Oreja de van Gogh has some thoughtful lyrics and a great sound - I really like the Viaje de Copperpot album. Silvio Rodriguez' Cuba Classics album is wonderful, politics aside.

Posted by: Junxiong at Oct 19, 2005 9:44:04 AM

Hey, if you're a hipster, and you know it--it's all good. I congratulate, not playa hate. I love MC Sollar for example; and Kings of Convenience/Erlend Oye/Royskopp is really good pop music--see, there's me, congratulating; not playa hating. Atleast none of ya'll suggested Postal Service or something.

Posted by: Chevalier at Oct 19, 2005 10:01:31 AM

Thomas Crown Affair Soundtrack: Sinnerman (Nina Simone), Caban La Ka Kratchie (Wasis Diop, Windmills of Your Mind (Sting), Glider Pt1 and 2 (Bill Conti)
Get Shorty: Chili Hot
Pulp Fiction: [The whole album is great and it has movie snippets]Son of a Preacher Man (Springfield)
Reservoir Dogs: Stuck in the Middle with You (Stealers Wheel)

Posted by: Carrie at Oct 19, 2005 10:07:02 AM

flatlanders - dallas

and i'm a huge fan of anything howlin wolf on the subways in the morning.

Posted by: will at Oct 19, 2005 10:07:56 AM

Alison Brown - Étouffée brutus

Posted by: Gustavo Lacerda at Oct 19, 2005 10:17:50 AM

Toad In The Hole - Alleyway Rover
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlaticism (the whole album is worth having)
The Chieftains w/ Elvis Costello - Long Journey Home
Sufjan Stevens - Oh no, the Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is out to Get Us (although the whole Illinoise album is good)
The Go! Team
Arcade Fire - Revolution (Lies)
The Toasters - Hard Band For Dead (again, the whole album is worth it)
A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug
Guster - Parachute (both the song and the album)
They Might Be Giants - Following An Angel
Queens Of The Stone Age

Posted by: Timothy at Oct 19, 2005 10:18:00 AM

Gambler's Prayer, by Jonathan Coulton

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songs/

Posted by: Scipio at Oct 19, 2005 10:18:44 AM

Hello professor Tyler Cowen,

Don't listen to the other gentlemen and women above my posting ---and also below.

*The* album to store on your iPod is of course the 1982 Jean-Michel Jarre concert in China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concerts_in_China

Select 'English'
'Download'
'Videos'
'Souvenir de Chine'
http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/

http://wm.warnermusic.com/France/jean_michel_jarre/video/download/souvenirs_de_chine.wmv

http://wm.warnermusic.com/France/jean_michel_jarre/video/download/monde_en_mouvement.wmv

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Michel_Jarre

http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/jean-michel-jarre.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3733290.stm

http://www.lostsoul.org/howards/midi/jarre.html

Best regards,

Chris. F. Masse

Posted by: Chris. F. Masse .COM at Oct 19, 2005 10:25:00 AM

The Arcade Fire -- Wake Up
The Arcade Fire -- Rebellion (Lies)
Grant Lee Buffalo -- Mockingbirds
Ryan Adams -- La Cienega

Posted by: Scotty at Oct 19, 2005 11:04:28 AM

Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
The Aquabats - Sequence Erase
Infected Mushroom - Dancing With Kadafi
Opeth - Benighted
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Front Line Assembly - Insolence
Tortoise - Swung From The Gutters
Trans Am - Television Eyes
The Books - Tokyo
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live
Deltron 3030 - 3030
Aesop Rock - Freeze
David Grisman - Dawg's Bull

Posted by: solarjetman at Oct 19, 2005 11:21:52 AM

OK, here's 40 (or 42) songs, mostly country music. I'm still uneconomical enough to just buy CDs (I like knowing that my music collection is a product of my own work & money), so I have no idea what's available for downloading. I limited myself to one song per album.

Nicky Holland - Box of Rain
Kelly Wilis - Little Honey, Reason to Believe, They're Blind
Claire Lynch - Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring, He Don't Like to Talk About It
Alison Moorer - Ruby Jewel Was Here, Break Before I Bend
Lonesome Bob - Where Are You Tonight
The Temptations - Old Man River, I Wish It Would Rain (and I shouldn't have to mention them, but My Girl and Just My Imagination)
Emmylou Harris - Green Rolling Hills, Here There & Everywhere, Luxury Liner, Jupiter Rising
Gillian Welch - Barroom Girls, Wrecking Ball, I'll Fly Away (w/Allison Krauss)
Townes Van Zandt - If I Needed You (w/Emmylou Harris), Tecumseh Valley
Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World
XTC - The Man Who Murdered Love
Everything But The Girl - Take Me, Troubled Mind
The Commitments - Destination Anywhere
Johnny Cash - It Ain't Me Babe, Greystone Chapel
The Bangles - Live, September Gurls
The Flatlanders - Dallas, Julia
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - My Mind's Got a Mind Of Its Own
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Mandy Barnett- Falling, Falling, Falling
Buddy Miller - A Showman's Life
Sara Evans - If You Ever Want My Loving
Bree Sharp - David Duchovny
Amber Benson - Under Your Spell (from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode)
Garbage - Can't Cry These Tears
Robbie Fulks - Tupelo County Jail

(If you want complete albums, I'll suggest Gillian Welch's Revival and Everything But The Girl's The Language of Love and Amplified Heart.)

Posted by: Devin McCullen at Oct 19, 2005 11:24:25 AM

In no particular order, but an album-centric list. I tried to pick albums where every tune stands on its own, though.

Robert Earl Keen -- everything on the Gravitational Forces album except Gravitational Forces. Good solid country.

Jethro Tull -- everything on the Crest of A Knave album. Oh, and A Little Light Music (live, a real good selection).

Sondheim -- Sunday in the Park with George (listen to it straight through, then you can listen to each song on its own)

There's an album called La Mystere des Voix Bulgares which will rock your socks. (Some of it you've heard in remixes and commercials, but get it straight up).

The Clumsy Lovers are good fun - album is Picture This, my favorite tracks are Everything's Slipping Away, Jesus Christ (cover of the Woody Guthhrie) and Paddy's Leather Breeches/Banjo Breakdown. High energy rock+fiddles and bagpipes.

Eric Bibb - everything off Spirit and the Blues. Mindblowing acoustic blues/spirituals.

John Prine -- everything off In Spite of Ourselves. More country. Part of what makes this album great is that it takes breaking-up songs and makes them duets, which recasts them entirely.

Colin Gilmore/Sunset (just the one song, but if you want more, just go for the EP Four of No Kind, after that it gets a little thin).

Background music for romantic dinners: Chris Isaak, Baja Sessions

Posted by: Tim at Oct 19, 2005 11:30:56 AM

Manu Chao
Melendi

Just for the lyrics:
Joaquin Sabina - all (...or most)
Ricardo Arjona - Dime que no; Te enamoraste de ti (or No te enamoraste de mi); Mentiroso

Posted by: diego at Oct 19, 2005 11:43:13 AM

Wow.. I can't believe how many hipsters read this blog. Then again, hipster music isn't that underground these days. To throw in some favorites :

"Wrapped up in Books" by Belle and Sebastian
"Jacqueline" by Franz Ferdinand
"The District Sleeps Tonight" by the Postal Service
"If I ever Feel Better" from Erlend Oye's DJ Kicks (this is an amazing album for electronica)
"Never Win" by Fischerspooner (another great electronica artist)
"The High Party" Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

The Nouvelle Vague album is great, but if you are a hardcore punk/post-punk fan you might not be able to tolerate listening to bassanova remakes of the Dead Kennedys and the Clash.

Posted by: Sarah at Oct 19, 2005 11:49:25 AM

1) Timbuk-3 -- "The future's so bright"
2) Lemonheads -- "Being around"
3) Tim O'brian -- "Hard year blues"
4) Pink Floyd -- "Money"

A selection for the economist.
1) "50,000 a year, I will buy alot of beer..."
2) "...If I were a rubber check would you let me bounce...?"
3) "...All my overtime is going for gasoline..."
4)

Posted by: Michael Thomas at Oct 19, 2005 12:02:38 PM

I am enjoying this "must have album" right now:

http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P+++455886&a_id=R+++536420&prodid=ESL43.2

Very swinging!

Posted by: DSC at Oct 19, 2005 12:32:11 PM

Let's see ...

Bay City Rollers

Falco

Flock of Seagulls

Chris
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Chris Meisenzahl at Oct 19, 2005 12:34:15 PM

Black History Month - Death from Above 1979
Keep Time - Thermals

Posted by: Paul N at Oct 19, 2005 1:01:09 PM

If you haven't already seen it, Last.FM is one of the great resources on the web regarding music, particularly music that appeals to 20 or 30 something "hipsters". Last.FM uses massive amounts of data to associate users who have similarities in their iTunes (or any other music player) playlists.

By taking a quick look at Last.FM, the Top 10 in number of plays over the past week is artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Postal Service, Death Cab, Coldplay, and The Killers. Each one of these artists has a listening base of over 50,000 Last.Fm users. So I'll restrict my suggestions to those artists with listener bases <5,000, assuming that you are familiar with mainstream indie rock.

King Without a Crown - Matisyahu
Your Dirty Answer - Kristin Hersh
Welcome to Jamrock - Stephen Marley
Insomniac Olympics - Blockhead
Cold Cold Water - Mirah
Battleflag - Lo-Fidelity All-Stars
People in Tha Middle - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Caribou - Bees

Posted by: Josh Utt at Oct 19, 2005 1:29:29 PM

Do you listen while you are working? When I am writing, I have a hard time with vocal songs. This pushes me towards classical and jazz, but then I get tired of those. One instrumental album I like on my iPod for working is Santana's CD of all its instrumental classics. What can be better than an hour of Carlos playing the guitar?

Posted by: Coyote at Oct 19, 2005 1:32:42 PM

Anything (or preferably everything) from Kind of Blue, by Miles Davis. A must.

Posted by: Tim at Oct 19, 2005 1:35:02 PM

Coil - "Love's Secret Domain", "The Snow", "Red Birds Will Fly Out Of The East And Destroy Paris In A Night", many others

Infected Mushroom - I'm the Supervisor (whole album, seriously)

Front Line Assembly - "Corruption", "Overkill", "Fatalist", "Millenium", "Insolence", "Mortal", many others

Velvet Acid Christ - "Fun With Drugs", "Icon", "Velvet Pill", "Exit", "Sex Disease", "Phucking Preak"[sic], many others

Opeth - Damnation (whole album)

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (whole album)

Posted by: Noah Yetter at Oct 19, 2005 1:52:30 PM

''Rainbow Connection'' By Kermit the Frog.
Firefly theme song.
Phantom of the Opera (all music)

Posted by: David Youngberg at Oct 19, 2005 2:34:01 PM

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a second to Bjork's hyperballad. Like most great "classical" music, it's even more powerful if you know the context.

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A second to the Jarre "China" recommendation

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Depending on how you use your iPod, the Audio books idea works really well. I particularly recommend The Learning Company http://www.teach12.com/

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Martinu "1er Quatuor Pour Trio a Cordes et Piano"
The final movement opened Jim Svedje's show for years; but don't let that put you off from this intimate, accessible work. (sorry about the French; I couldn't find an English language release).
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Many things by Kronos Quartet, particularly the ablum "Pieces of Africa" and George Crumb's mind blowing "Black Angels." Everything you need to know about the American experience in Viet Nam in fifteen unstoppable minutes.

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And to those who say "NO CLASSCIAL," I'd remind them that the oldest work on my list is from the 1930s, a full century after the close of the classical era.

Posted by: tylerh at Oct 19, 2005 3:00:20 PM

Let me second the suggestion for Last.FM, as you're more likely to get suggestions that match your personal music taste.

But anyway, here's some songs that I really like:

Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest - While the Earth Sleeps (from the "Strange Days" soundtrack)

Shawn Colvin - Round of Blues

Dar Williams - Christians and the Pagans

Tori Amos's live cover of Landslide (kinda hard to find)

Jill Sobule - Karen By Night

Joe Satriani - Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness

Tori Amos - Sister Janet (from the Cornflake Girl CD single)

Origa - Inner Universe (from "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex")

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Poe - Walk the Walk

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Ani DiFranco - Out of Range (acoustic)

Suzanne Vega - Queen and the Soldier

The Aquabats - Cat With 2 Heads

Tara MacLean - In the Wings

Foo Fighteers - Everlong (acoustic)

Plus I have a weakness for pop with female vocalists:

Avril Lavigne - Anything But Ordinary

Michelle Branch - Leap of Faith

Frou Frou - Must Be Dreaming

Vanessa Carlton - Ordinary Day

Posted by: fling93 at Oct 19, 2005 3:14:36 PM

"History of the Concept of the Soul" by the Mr. T Experience. It's short, but it's also the only song I've ever seen with footnotes.

Posted by: Josh at Oct 19, 2005 3:52:59 PM

I just bought Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die? and I like it a lot. Songs I recommend are Can't Complain and Helena.

Foo Fighers-- In Your Honor is a great song

Anything by Bebel Gilberto.

Nelly Furtado is way under-rated.

Postal Service, The District Sleeps Alone

BT, anything from ima

Smashing Pumpkins, something from Siamese Dream

Beastie Boyz

Metallica, Battery

Black Sheep, The Choice is Your's

Super Tramp, Goodbye Stranger

Arcade Fire, Rebellion and In the Back Seat from Funeral

Nirvana, In Bloom for Never Mind

Posted by: aaron at Oct 19, 2005 4:15:11 PM

The Blues & The Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson, particularly Stolen Moments
Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt
Sunny Goodge Street - Donovan
Yellow Moon - Neville Brothers
Queen Bee - Taj Mahal

Posted by: Chuck at Oct 19, 2005 4:22:13 PM

A couple of suggestions, more albums/bands than individual songs.

The Dresden Dolls - undoubtably the most interesting popular (they went from playing Galaxy Hut to 930 Club in just a few months) "alternative" bands nowadays. Hard to describe them, but Brechtian/Cabaret Punk is what usually gets banded about, the band consisting only of a female vocalist/pianist and drummer. My two preferences are "Gravity" and "Coin-Operated Boy" from the self-titled debut.

Tom Waits - just about everything this man can do he does well, I'd say Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs - particularly "Jockey Full of Bourbon" from that last CD.

Nick Cave - Boatman's Call is my personal favorite, but it's a hard call. "People Ain't No Good" from that CD is catchy, but you can enjoy almost all of his work (side projects included).

Einsturzende Neubauten - _The_ Industrial music band, the German group has been around for at over 20 years, and puts out mind-bendingly good albums of avant-garde electronic and profane instruments. Anyone who has seen them live can attest they're even better that way - much of the music is made from such "instruments" as PVC pipes and acetylene torches, which sounds gimmicky, but isn't. The name is properly spelled with an umlaut/dieresis (the two horizontal dots) over the 'u' in Einsturzende.

Keeping on the industrial side of music, I second "Love's Secret Domain" (the album) by Coil. A lot of their other work is either brillant or annoying, depending on your point of view. The most common complaint I get is that it sounds like "Spooky halloween music", but start with that album and move on if you like it. If you really enjoy their sound, I'd also suggest Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, but those are a lot more esoteric. Don't turn yourself off to the genre by starting with those two bands.

I would also highly recommend works produced by Tool, a modern-day metal version of the Grateful Dead (as the fans act more like 'converts' than typical fans and the psychological/philosophical nature of the lyrics). A small body of work, the later albums tend to be more mature than the earlier. The first album, "Opiate" is the most angry and metal-like, whereas the last, "Lateralus" incorporates the Fibonacci sequence expressed in drumming, along with great lyrics, vocals, and creative guitars. Listen for the drumming above all, particularly on the out-of-print B-side collection "Salival" song "Pushit". The band mixes mysticism and psychological "Magick" with jolly good sense of humor too.

I'd also recommend Nine Inch Nails, although I concede the lyrics are more appealing to angsty teenagers with black nail polish (of which I was one). Keep your ears on the music, not the lyrics, and keep your collection to The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, Still (a rare collection of acoustic songs), and The Lost Highway Soundtrack.

Hope you find something you like. I know I already have, reading the other comments, -- A 20-something hipster

Posted by: Matt Lesko at Oct 19, 2005 4:24:48 PM

Divine comedy - absent friends
the wedding present - cordury
Talk Talk - Runeii
The Verve - Blue
Thomas Tallis - O Sacrum Convivium
shoes - boys don't lie
This Mortal Coil - You And Your Sister
mahmoud ahmed - asha gedawo

Posted by: yoyo at Oct 19, 2005 4:32:26 PM

I enjoy the fact that several people have included Opeth, Infected Mushroom, and FLA all on the same list. Two more albums that need highlighting. Bola - Soup. Great ambient/IDM that goes great with sandwiches.

Then there's Apocalyptica. http://www.apocalyptica.com/home/
Their first album was called 'Plays Metallica By Four Cellos'. If that title piques your interest, I would reccomend a visit to their website.

Posted by: bago at Oct 19, 2005 4:44:43 PM

Download any song by Andrew Bird, Mirah & The Black Cat Orchestra or The Decemberists.

Want names?

Andrew Bird: "Coney Island Shuffle"; "Cndy Shop"; "Tea & Thorazine"; "Nervous Tick Motion of the Head to the Left"; "Beware"; "Depression-Pasillo"; "Wainting to talk"; "Dear old greenland".

Mirah: "Dogs of Buenos Aires"; "Hard Times"; "Bella Ciao"; "Nobody Has To Stay", "Dear Landlord".

The Decemberists: "Legionnaire"; "Red Right Ankle"; " Los Angeles, I'm Yours"; "Everthing I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right"; "My mother was a chinese trapeze artist"; "Engine Driver";

Argentinian tango author Astor Piazzolla is also really nice.

Posted by: träsel at Oct 19, 2005 4:59:09 PM

I highly recommend my podcast. :)

http://mookie1510.podomatic.com/

it's electronic heavy -- downtempo jazz --> break beats, etc.

Songs?

Little by Little - Groove Armada
Untitled[*] - Jamiroquai
Hot Rod - Prodigy
Changeling - DJ Shadow
Organ Donor - DJ Shadow
Tough at the Top - EZ Rollers

Or how about some old school HipHop?

paul barman
kool keith
freddie foxx
Masta Ace

Or some funk?

jimmy mcgriff
ruben wilson
ronnie foster
Skip James
Leadbelly

Further interested? Let me know.

Posted by: Jameson at Oct 19, 2005 5:05:32 PM

STing, Desert Rose

The Tea Party, Solstice from Splendor Solis

Posted by: aaron at Oct 19, 2005 5:18:49 PM

I happen to run a pretty big music blog that posts a weekly mp3 mix download. Here's the one that probably has the best selection for your question.

http://www.musiccherry.com/archives/2005/09/weekly_mix_cd_d.htm

Download it. I think you'll love it.

If you have to have albums, then you need to get:

Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band

Ruby Vroom - Soul Coughing

Cold Roses - Ryan Adams

Alligator - The National

Posted by: Fenton at Oct 19, 2005 5:27:15 PM

Hank Williams Sr., "Ramblin' Man"

Posted by: Sigivald at Oct 19, 2005 5:37:47 PM

I have noticed that the suggestions are light on hip-hop, so I will try to recify that with some suggestions.

2 Pac - "How Do U Want It"/"God Bless the Dead"

Outkast - "Happy Valentine's Day"/"Prototype"/"Spottieottiedogaliscious"/"Da Art of Storytellin' (Part I)"

Dr. Dre - "Xxplosive"/"Forgot About Dre"/"Nuthin' But A G Thang"

Eazy E - "I'd Rather F*** You"

Kanye West - "Slow Jamz"/"All Falls Down"

Lyrics Born - "Bad Dreams"/"Callin' Out"/"Rise And Shine"

Notorious B.I.G. - "Somebody's Got to Die"/"Hypnotize"/"What's Beef"/"Juicy"

Wyclef Jean - "Mona Lisa"/"Stayin Alive"

The Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La"/"Killing Me Softly With His Song"/"No Woman No Cry"

A Tribe Called Quest - "Sucka N****"/"Scenario"/"Award Tour"

Clipse - "When the Last Time"/"Ma I Don't Love Her"

De La Soul - "Ego Trippin' (Part II)"/"I Am I Be"

The Pharcyde - "I'm That Type of N****"/"Ya Mama"/"Pack the Pipe"/"She Said"

Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin and Juice"/"Ain't No Fun (If My Homies Can't Have None)"/"The Shiznit"

Jay-Z - "99 Problems"/"Dirt Off Your Shoulder"

Timbaland & Magoo - "Shenigans"/"Indian Flute"

Wu-Tang Clan - "Bring Da Ruckus"/"Shame On A N****"/"C. R. E. A. M."/"Method Man"

Redman & Method Man - "Da Rockwilder"

That should get you started. Don't be scared off by the "explicit lyrics" or the themes of killing people, using drugs or disrespecting women. It's entertainment, just like watching a movie like Scarface.

Posted by: Christina at Oct 19, 2005 6:05:13 PM

I don't think it's that hipsters are the only one who read MR; its that hipsters care the most about their music. Classic response bias.

And we all know those dirty kids in Williamsburg are unemployed and have more time to answer questions like the one above.

And, yes, indie rock is popular these days.

Posted by: David at Oct 19, 2005 6:07:42 PM

If you want to have a nice - hard - rock song - my current is:

Beth Hart = Monkey Back

You can view the video on yahoo music - I absolutely love her CD.

Posted by: Steve Roberts at Oct 19, 2005 7:42:48 PM

Rokia Traore- Kote Don

The Darkness- I Beleive in a Thing Called Love

Buddy Guy- A Man and the Blues

Led Zeppelin- Traveling Riverside Blues

Posted by: argile at Oct 19, 2005 8:11:54 PM

Wyclef, The Stripper Song

DJ Majic Mike, Drop the Base

2 Live Crew, F*** Shop

Beastie Boyz, Girls, What'cha Want, Pass the Mic

Bone Thugs, The 1st of the Month

Ice T, OG

LL Cool J, Goin' Back to Cali

Outkast, Bombs Over Bagdad

Cypress Hill, The Funkie Feel One

Home Team, Pick It Up

NWA, Boyz-N-the-Hood, Staight Outta Compton

Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit, C.R.E.A.M.
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Ministry, Jesus Built My Hotrod

Korn, Shoots and Ladders

Monster Voodoo Machine, Threat by Example

White Zombie, Thunder Kiss '65

Body Count, Cop Killer

Butthole Surfers, Who was in My Room Last Night, Goofy's Concern

Pantera, Walk
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Phish, Gin & Juice, Fee, Esther, You Enjoy Myself, Boincing Around the Room, The Squirming Coil

Primus, My Name is Mud, Jerry was a Race Car Driver

Cake, Jesus Wrote Blank Check, I Bombed Korea, Comanche

Flaming Lips, She Don't Use Jelly, Plastic Jesus

311, Homebrew, 8:16

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Darude, Sandstorm

Cyrstal Method, Trip Like I Do

Ian van Dahl, Castles in the Sky

Who Da Funk, Shiny Disco Balls

Posted by: aaron at Oct 19, 2005 8:33:58 PM

Oh, and

Helmut, Unsung

Posted by: aaron at Oct 19, 2005 8:40:51 PM

The Mountain Goats - No Children

Barenaked Ladies - She's On Time

The Decemberists - A Cautionary Song

The Killes - Somebody Told Me

Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind

The White Stripes - Little Acorns

Posted by: Jacob at Oct 19, 2005 8:56:32 PM

From my indie-pop/folk sensibility, the first dozen or so to spring to mind (trying to catch a few recent ones):

Dar Williams -- The Ocean, As Cool as I Am
Paul Simon -- Boy in the Bubble
Aimee Mann -- Momentum, Amateur, Little Bombs
Tori Amos -- Happy Phantom
Sufjan Stevens -- Casimir Pulaski Day
Death Cab for Cutie -- Soul Meets Body
Jewel -- Jupiter, Near You Always
Nickel Creek -- When in Rome

Posted by: J. Goard at Oct 19, 2005 9:16:56 PM

You're right David; it's not that surprising, given the sheer size of MR audience; but that's statistics. I have personal bias that flashes me a huge, red exclamation mark in my mind. My mind then proceeds to reconcile all kind of different other bits of information, but--you see--the task is hopeless, like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Then it just makes this 'bwah?' sound.

Posted by: Chevalier at Oct 19, 2005 11:15:02 PM

Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night

Posted by: PT Martin at Oct 20, 2005 1:52:29 AM

Sandy Denny/Fotheringay: "The Banks of the Nile"

Posted by: Chris Burd at Oct 20, 2005 9:54:21 AM

The guy who usurped my handle also recommended the same band as me. Wierd. I guess great joshs think alike.

Posted by: joshg at Oct 20, 2005 10:53:31 AM

just in case anyone cares, I was the first josh on this post and my name has been usurped. Fitting, since I usurped it from joshq not long ago.

I just have to mention a local band that is great: the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir. Everybody should give them a listen.

Posted by: joshivc at Oct 20, 2005 1:03:12 PM

I'm not really a music snob, but I most of the 100+ comments it's amazing that I'll recommend a couple songs by artist's no one has named yet.

"Music and Wine" - Blue Six (their only good song, I think)
"Drinking in LA" - Bran Van 3000
"Astounded" - Bran Van 3000
"Discosis" - Biddy Daddy Kane/Bran Van 3000

Also...

-"Touch the Sky" - Kanye West (I just like the Curtis Mayfield horn sample in the background)
-anything by Thievery Corporation (Lebanese Blonde is probably their most well-known track)
-"Alone in Kyoto" - Air (very soothing)
-"Romeo" - Basement Jaxx

And I guess that's all I can think of for now.

Posted by: andy-w at Oct 20, 2005 1:34:01 PM

I'm not really a music snob. After reading through most of the 100+ comments it's amazing that I'll recommend a couple songs by artist's no one has named yet.

"Music and Wine" - Blue Six (their only good song, I think)
"Drinking in LA" - Bran Van 3000
"Astounded" - Bran Van 3000
"Discosis" - Biddy Daddy Kane/Bran Van 3000
"Love Cliche" - Bran Van 3000 (pop so sweet, it'll give you a toothache - see if you catch the bit about 'maybe you're just chasing Amy...')

Also...

And I guess that's all I can think of for now.

Posted by: andy-w at Oct 20, 2005 1:39:05 PM

Ten songs off ten great albums. "Song" Artist (Album)

All very listenable tunes somewhat off the beaten path.

"Hobart Paving" Saint Entienne (So Tough)
"Crazy Bombs" Soho (Thug)
"Purple Heather" Van Morrison (Hard Nose the Highway)
"The Old Revolution" Leonard Cohen (Songs from a Room)
"These Friends of Mine" Bowling for Soup (A Hangover You Don't Deserve)
"We Belong Together" Rickie Lee Jones (Pirates)
"Century Plant" Victoria Williams (Loose)
"Like a Girl Jesus" Game Theory (The Big Shot Chronicles)
"Champaign and Wine" Otis Redding (Soul)
"Joan of Arc" Judy Collins (Living)

Posted by: Mark in South Texas at Oct 21, 2005 12:06:19 AM

Opeth- Benighted, Closure
Porcupine Tree- Trains, Lazarus
Explosions in the Sky- First Breath After Coma
Bjork- Joga
Sigur Ros- Svefn-G-Englar
Cibo Matto- Sugar Water
The Dillenger Escape Plan- Sugar Coated Sour
Shakira- Octavo Dia (from unplugged album)
Morissey- Irish Blood, English Heart
Gordian Knot- Muttersprache

Posted by: Alex! at Oct 21, 2005 1:07:21 AM

Just some random selections (I assume you're doing this to get pushed off your own personal Schelling Points?)

Eno & Byrne: Mea Culpa and The Jezebel Spirit (two of many good ones from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts)

Nosotros - most anything from Nosotros (nosotrosmusic.net), though they're better live

Ghazal - Anything from As Night Falls on the Silk Road
Yerba Buena - Guajira (and other songs from President Alien)
Hadra - Stiga (from Lumin)
Natacha Atlas (can't remember which songs were good)

Ozric Tentacles - Jurassic Shift, but perhaps someone can suggest something better?

Heartless Bastards - not sure if it works out of context (i.e. mixed in with other stuff), but The Will Song and others from Stairs and Elevators. The singer struck me and the little Mrs. as an aspie candidate in an interview on NPR.

Perhaps not-so-famous tunes from famous artists?

Hendrix (Jimi) - Machine Gun II (from Band of Gypsies), Trash Man (from Midnight Lightning?), the sequence (in order) from Electric Ladyland from Rainy Day Dream Away to Still Raining Still Dreaming were intended to be a science fiction fantasy about nuclear armageddon and people intentionally mutating to live underwater.

Aspie candidate Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, maybe there are better recordings, but most anything from Speaking in Strings.

Public Enemy - By the Time I Get to Arizona

Fishbone - Not sure which song to recommend, though I like lots of stuff from Give a Monkey a Brain ....

The following are subject to your tolerance for loud and fast -- but excellent! -- music:

Living Colour - Open Letter to a Landlord, Cult of Personality, and other stuff from Vivid

Soundgarden - most of Badmotorfinger, but especially Searching with My Good Eye Closed. Johnny Cash knew a good song when he heard Rusty Cage from this disc. Not sure if this qualifies as Classic - how current is your collection?

Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan (I'm not even sure this album got onto CD, but I have seen ripped versions of some songs) - Trashed, Zero the Hero, Disturbing the Priest (yeah, I know, but I have to plead "guilty ... pleasure" on this one)

Also, while I'm on the Ian Gillan kick, you very rarely hear Child in Time from Deep Purple's In Rock. Best. Hard Rock. Ever.

Voivod - Astronomy Domine (cover of Pink Floyd classic)

Ministry - second on Jesus Built My Hotrod. Also, Burning Inside and Just One Fix. Again, this depends heavily on your tolerance for industrial metal

White Zombie - More Human than Human, but there may be better Zombie tunes

Bad Brains - always a big risk because the production values were so poor and they shifted so casually between reggae and speed punk metal (really!), but Quickness was probably the most accessible album, with Voyage into Infinity, With the Quickness, and No Conditions being the best, and the solo to Gene Machine/Don't Bother Me joining the solo in Band of Gypsies' Power to Love as the most non-linear guitar solos I've ever heard.

Posted by: Eric H at Oct 21, 2005 1:42:20 PM

A couple of local bands/guys:

Aaron Sprinkle
-A Friend I Had
-Motor Cars
-Sick Inside
-My Own Chapter
-Sweeter Than Me
-No Reason To Pretend
-Let Me In

Poor Old Lu
-Hope For Always
-Cannon-Fire Orange
-For The Love Of My Country
-Receive
-Joy I Had Was Joy I Sold
-Chance For The Chancers
-Revolve
-Sunlight & Shadows
-The Waiting Room

Jesse Sprinkle's stuff is good, too.

Posted by: Bob Montgomery at Oct 21, 2005 3:45:34 PM

Jam Band Music: Keller Williams, Moe., Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band ... several more ...

Posted by: Jake at Oct 22, 2005 9:15:51 AM

THINGS YOU NEED TO HEAR

clap your hands say yeah - "clap your hands say yeah"
wolf parade - "apologies to the queen mary"
arcade fire - "funeral"

also worthwhile: phish start with the live album of 11/17/98

Posted by: tof at Oct 22, 2005 10:15:46 AM

Chris Potter Quarter - Okinawa (from the album Lift: Live at the Village Vanguard)

Chris is one of the best contemporary jazz saxophonists , and Okinawa is a beautiful soprano saxophone piece.

If you're unfamiliar, or need further convincing, consider:

Potter is 34 and has been performing professionally since 13, is the youngest recipient of the Jazzpar prize, and is part of the acclaimed Dave Holland Quintet and Dave Holland Big Band and has been on multiple grammy nominated/winning albums.

Nothing quite like questions about music to bring lurkers out of the woodwork ;)

Posted by: Jamie Jensen at Oct 23, 2005 1:12:35 AM

REVOLUTIONARY, BUT NOT MARGINAL:

nick cave - voi na cruz
ricardo fogli - storie di tutti i giorni
herbert gronemeyer (groenemeyer) - demo (letzter tag)
al bano & romina power - tu soltanto tu
laura pausini - solitudine
sugarcubes - hit
falco - titanic
adamski - killer
roxette - paint
noir desir - le vent

Posted by: doop at Oct 23, 2005 5:39:04 PM

Here are Some younger Blues Artist and a few others:

Joe Bonamassa- "Woke Up Dreaming"
Hadden Sayers- "Complicated"
Chris Duarte- "Big Legged Woman"
Indigenous- "Things We Do"
Doyle Bramhall II- "Life"
Anthony Gomes- "Bring Me Back Home"
Colin Linden- "He Wasn't Fooling"
Ian Moore- "Bastard"
Bob Malone- "What Are You Doing Here With me"
Derek Trucks Band- "I Wish I Knew"
Colin James- "Better Days"
David Gogo- "Halfway To Memphis"
Jonny Lang- "Second Guessing"
Paul Reddick- "Villanelle"
Anders Osborne- "Never Is A real Long Time"
David Jacobs Strain- "Take My Chances"
Eric Bibb- "Needed Time"
Ruthie Foster- "Turn Me On"
Mofro- "Lochloosa"
Jason Ricci- "Feel Good Funk"
Warren Haynes- "Real Thing"
Ash Grunwald- "Hey Baby"